Clinical Research Fellow (Energise Keto-BD) - School of Psychology - 107587 - Clinical

This full-time, two-year Clinical Research Fellow position supports the ENERGISE-BD trial for bipolar depression at the University of Birmingham. Responsibilities include recruiting, assessing, and following up with participants, collecting data, and potentially contributing to research development and dissemination. Applicants must have MRCPsych or equivalent training and experience in psychiatric assessment and data collection.

• The responsibilities may include some but not all of the responsibilities outlined below.
• Develop research objectives and proposals for own or joint research, with assistance of a mentor if required
• Contribute to writing bids for research funding
• Analyse and interpret data
• Apply knowledge in a way which develops new intellectual understanding
• Disseminate research findings for publication, research seminars etc
• Contribute to developing new models, techniques and methods
• Undertake management/administration arising from research
• Contribute to enterprise, business development and/or public engagement activities of manifest benefit to the College and the University, often under supervision of a project leader
• this may be through a variety of research methods, such as scientific experimentation, literature reviews, and research interviews
• Present research outputs, including drafting academic publications or parts thereof, for example at seminars and as posters
• Deal with problems that may affect the achievement of research objectives and deadlines
• Supervise students on research related work and provide guidance to PhD students where appropriate to the discipline
• Contribute to Departmental/School research-related activities and research-related administration
• Provide guidance, as required, to support staff and any students who may be assisting with the research
• Promotes equality and values diversity, acting as a role model and fostering an inclusive working culture.
• Maintain a high standard of personalised care for all patients, by ensuring that you and team members always act in accordance with GMC guidance.
• There is no out-of-hours on-call commitment. The post is offered full-time or part-time (to be agreed), with potential for clinical activity to be discussed in relevant NHS trusts.
• Work in accordance with the UK Policy Framework for Health and Social Care, the principles of GCP, The Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trials) Regulations, General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), ethical procedures and other local policies and procedures as applicable for the conduct of research.
• Take a lead on raising awareness of this study among clinicians and patients and facilitate the recruitment of individuals with bipolar depression.

• Ability to communicate complex information clearly
• Fluency in relevant models, techniques or methods and ability to contribute to developing new ones
• Ability to assess resource requirements and use resources effectively.
• Understanding of and ability to contribute to broader management/administration processes
• Contribute to the planning and organising of the research programme and/or specific research project
• Co-ordinate own work with others to avoid conflict or duplication of effort
• Knowledge of the protected characteristics of the Equality Act 2010, and how to actively ensure in day-to-day activity in own area that those with protected characteristics are treated equally and fairly.
• Requirement for DBS, Occupational Health Check and awareness of the Data Protection Act (DPA)
• MRCPsych or substantial clinic training in psychiatry as part of a training programme which leads to membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists
• Full General Medical Council Registration with a Licence to Practice.
• High level analytical capability working with multi-disciplinary datasets
• Experience working with biological samples including bloods, saliva.
• Strong knowledge of Good Clinical Practice